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dranik

dranik noun: a Belarusian potato pancake.

dranik: a Belarusian potato pancake
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Noun

dranik (plural draniki)

  1. A Belarusian potato pancake.
    • In a viral video that appeared Monday, [Nikolay] Glasovskiy, who lives in Minsk, can be seen donning a cow fur suit, grabbing a dranik – a traditional Eastern European potato pancake - and climbing up to a 25 meter platform. He then plunges down, hitting a tray filled with sour cream, the preferred...2016 November 28, “Biscuit-dunking bungee world record? No problem, Belarusian dips potato pancake in cream mid-air”, in RT, Moscow: TV-Novosti, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2016
    • I saw Lukashenko in my dream. He was cool and chill. Said that those people who drain juice from shredded potatoes before shaping a dranik [the national Belarusian food, a potato pancake], are more likely to join the opposition.2020 August 13, Tatsiana Zamirovskaya, quoting a Belarusian, “Dreams of Belarusian People About Alexander Lukashenko”, in PEN America, New York, N.Y., →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2020

Examples of dranik in a sentence

  • He then plunges down, hitting a tray filled with sour cream, the preferred dranik condiment, dead on, and eating the local delicacy, while still upside down, suspended by his feet.2016 November 28, “Biscuit-dunking bungee world record? No problem, Belarusian dips potato pancake in cream mid-air”, in RT, Moscow...
  • [I]n this article, a method has been developed for creating a dranik, as a functional product, based on vegetables, herbs and whole grain flour.2025 May 5, A.A. Asylgareeva, M.V. Saitgaleeva, O.V. Illarionova, “Formulation development and quality assessment of draniki with the...
  • And how can you develop something if everyone’s association with Belarusian cuisine is limited to draniki?2025 August 6, Aleksandr Nesterov, “Dranik and its team”, in Belarus Segodnya, Minsk: Belarus Segodnya Publishing House, →OCLC, archived...
  • Three huge draniki were made from new-harvest potatoes. […] There are plans to establish a dranik museum in Voronovo in the future.2025 September 30, “A new gastrofest was held in the Grodno Oblast”, in Belarus 24, Minsk: National State TV and Radio Company of the...

Forms of dranik

pluraldraniki

Origin of dranik

From Belarusian дра́нік (dránik).

Questions about dranik

What does dranik mean?
Dranik means a Belarusian potato pancake.
How do you use dranik in a sentence?
He then plunges down, hitting a tray filled with sour cream, the preferred dranik condiment, dead on, and eating the local delicacy, while still upside down, suspended by his feet.
What part of speech is dranik?
Dranik is a noun.
What is the plural of dranik?
The plural of dranik is draniki.

Words near dranik in the dictionary

  1. Draney
  2. Draneys
  3. Drangedal
  4. Drangiana
  5. drangway
  6. dranik
  7. draniki
  8. drank
  9. drank and drove
  10. drank down
  11. drank from a firehose

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